Work & commute · Jaffrey

Work & commute in Jaffrey, NH

About one in 3 of Jaffrey’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Peterborough (13%), Keene (8%) and Rindge (5%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

29%

757 of 2,580 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,823 Jaffrey residents head out of town to work, 757 work right here, and 2,533 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Jaffrey.

1,823live here, work elsewhere

757live and work here

2,533work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Jaffrey goes to work

Jaffrey (in town)right here

29%757

Peterborough7.3 mi away

13%323

Keene15.2 mi away

8%203

Rindge5.5 mi away

5%122

Nashua29.4 mi away

3%70

Concord37.6 mi away

2%64

Milford19.6 mi away

2%64

Bedford27.5 mi away

2%60

Manchester33 mi away

2%52

New Ipswich11 mi away

2%40

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%825

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Jaffrey commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

49%

21%

18%

11%

49%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Jaffrey is balanced between jobs and homes

1.28jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.28 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Jaffrey are

3,290 jobs are based in Jaffrey. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Jaffrey’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Jaffrey

3,290 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)61%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)31%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month77%

Jobs Jaffrey residents hold

2,580 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+25%

Jobs based in Jaffrey, 2013 → 2023: 2,641 → 3,290. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.